In Ridley Scott's lavish new 3-D epic, "Exodus: Gods and Kings," rivers run with blood, ancient seas part with tsunami force, and Christian Bale delivers a portrait of Moses as a passionate, hot-tempered holy man who struggles with his...

Shortly before the actor David Oyelowo began shooting the part of Martin Luther King Jr. in the new historical drama "Selma," he set out on a video-hunting mission. Oyelowo was searching for something that would help him get under the skin of...

Academy Award-winning actor Matt Damon has sold his waterfront home in Miami Beach, Fla.
The 12,705-square-foot home on North Bay Road was listed at $18.999 million, down from the original ask of $20 million. The buyer, AmeriSave Mortgage Chief Executive...

"Star Trek 3" has set a course for a July 8, 2016, theatrical release, Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday.
The news comes a day after word broke that Justin Lin will direct the third film in the rebooted sci-fi series.
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The 2016 summer shuffle continues: Universal Pictures has nudged back by two weeks the release of its next Jason Bourne movie, which will reunite leading man Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass.
The yet-untitled film will now arrive July 29, 2016,...

In the showy sci-fi fantasy "The Zero Theorem," a man spends his life waiting for an elusive phone call that will explain the meaning of life and, as a result, learns he has led a meaningless life. That kind of elliptical thinking permeates...

Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass are returning to the Jason Bourne franchise for another movie.
The Times has confirmed news first reported by E! this weekend. Damon said the film would come out in 2016 and indicated he was eager to work with...

In 1992, Jeremy Renner came to Los Angeles as an aspiring actor with three specific goals in mind. (1) He wanted to be in a movie. (2) He wanted to have a significant enough role that he wouldn't have to explain that he was, say, that guy wearing the...

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin are married, having said their vows Saturday evening in Venice, Italy.
The Oscar winner, 53, and the London-based human-rights lawyer, 36, were wed before friends and family at the seven-star Aman Canal Grande...

Imagine if a presidential campaign was designed by the candidate. The day's agenda would focus on what the candidate alone wanted to talk about. No pesky reporters would drill the candidate on unwelcome topics. The events would be meticulously...

Reality TV these days is no longer just a comforting block of Velveeta sitting on your DVR. It has strapped on a Mexican wrestling mask and peacocks its ridiculousness around the ring.
So it's refreshing when a series does its best to cut down on the...

Awkward much? Sarah Silverman stopped by her ex-boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel's talk show on Thursday to talk about her new boyfriend, Michael Sheen.
The "Million Ways to Die in the West" star's Thursday appearance marks her first return to...

The news that Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass could be reuniting for a new Jason Bourne movie was a boon -- and surprise -- for fans and pretty much everyone else who's kept an eye on the franchise.
Damon and Greengrass had of course all but ruled out a...

The next installment of the "Bourne" spy series has been pushed back nearly a year and will open July 15, 2016. Universal Pictures originally scheduled the yet-untitled film for Aug. 14, 2015.
Jeremy Renner will return in the lead role as Aaron...

Unlike Gen. Douglas MacArthur's old soldiers, old con men neither die nor fade away: They either resurface with new scams or relive their old ones in the pages of glossy magazines.
Say hello (again) to Barry Minkow and Dana Giacchetto.
Minkow, now 48,...

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reunited Tuesday night in New York, walking a red carpet in what was their first official public appearance as a couple since their split announcement last August.
Though the couple had reportedly been...

The kids at Compton YouthBuild can be a tough audience. Many come from broken homes, flunked out of multiple schools, even spent time in jail.
By the last day of Black History Month, some at the alternative school — which looks boarded shut from...

Clad in a military-style flight suit and aviator shades, Harrison Ford walks across a sunny tarmac and climbs into a fighter jet and takes off. Soon, he's soaring 5,000 feet above California.
Ford is not starring as the hero of a summer blockbuster but...